ZURICH (AP) — FIFA says it cleared Brazil-born Cagliari forward João Pedro to represent Italy. João Pedro needed FIFA permission to change national eligibility after playing for Brazil at Under-17 level. He turns 30 two weeks before Italy’s next game in a World Cup qualifying playoff on March 24. The European champion is at home
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN CHILE, GETTY IMAGES By Karol Suarez and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Rio de Janeiro has canceled its world-famous Carnival street parades due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, the city’s mayor Eduardo Paes announced Tuesday during a YouTube live stream. While some major Carnival events will still go ahead, organized street parties, known as
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Public Schools officials are tightening mask and vaccine requirements for after-school sports and music and dance performances amid a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant. With little appetite for a return to a complete shutdown, some other districts were taking similar measures
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Public Schools officials are tightening mask and vaccine requirements for after-school sports and music and dance performances amid a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant. With little appetite for a return to a complete shutdown, some other districts were taking similar measures
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Public Schools officials are tightening mask and vaccine requirements for after-school sports and music and dance performances amid a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant. With little appetite for a return to a complete shutdown, some other districts were taking similar measures
Continue ReadingJhasua Razo El orden se convirtió en caos el 6 de enero de 2021 en el Capitolio, en Washington. Mientras los legisladores del 117° Congreso de Estados Unidos, que acababan de tomar posesión de sus cargos, comenzaban a contar los votos del Colegio Electoral para elegir a un nuevo presidente, una turba de simpatizantes de
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The U.S. is strengthening its COVID-19 booster campaign, endorsing an extra shot for everyone age 12 and older. Boosters already were permitted at age 16 and urged for most adults as the nation battles the omicron surge. Earlier this week, regulators authorized an extra Pfizer shot for
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli committee has approved plans for building more than 3,500 settler housing units in east Jerusalem, nearly half in a particularly controversial area. That’s according to Peace Now, an anti-settlement monitoring group. Peace Now says the construction would largely cut off the city from the southern West Bank. That would further
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Santos has been sworn in as the head of the nation’s largest statistical agency. He became the first Hispanic director of the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday, as well as the bureau’s 26th director. The Senate had previously approved the third-generation Mexican American statistician from San Antonio, Texas. Santos will oversee
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools is seeking volunteers to join its Budget Committee beginning in February. The committee, which includes the seven elected members of the Bend-La Pine Schools Board of Directors and seven members of the community, currently has three openings. The committee works with district staff to review and approve the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Treasure hunters who believe they found a huge cache of fabled Civil War-era gold in Pennsylvania are now on the prowl for something as elusive as the buried booty itself: government records of the FBI’s excavation. Finders Keepers has filed a federal lawsuit against the Justice Department over its failure
Continue ReadingBy RODRIQUE NGOWI, MICHAEL CASEY and DON THOMPSON Associated Press Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the wrath of the omicron variant and getting thrown into disarray that is different from earlier COVID-19 surges. This time, they are dealing with serious staff shortages because so many workers are getting sick. People are showing up at
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A blood test may one day be able to predict whether someone who is pregnant will develop a serious blood pressure disorder months before symptoms show up. Preeclampsia happens in around one of 20 pregnancies, usually in the third trimester, and can cause organ damage,
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland guard Damian Lillard will miss the next three games because of a lower abdominal tendinopathy. The Trail Blazers say Lillard will undergo further evaluation and consultation concerning the injury, which has bothered him since the Tokyo Olympics. Lillard was expected to miss Wednesday night’s game against visiting Miami, as well
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland guard Damian Lillard will miss the next three games because of a lower abdominal tendinopathy. The Trail Blazers say Lillard will undergo further evaluation and consultation concerning the injury, which has bothered him since the Tokyo Olympics. Lillard was expected to miss Wednesday night’s game against visiting Miami, as well
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief is insisting that the 27-nation bloc must have a bigger role to play alongside Washington and Moscow to defuse the West’s standoff with Russia over Ukraine. The EU has largely been a bystander in the diplomatic flurry surrounding the Russian military
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La duquesa de Sussex, Meghan, recibirá una suma confidencial del Mail on Sunday por infracción de los derechos de autor cuando su prolongada batalla legal contra el tabloide británico llegue a su fin, según muestran los documentos judiciales. La duquesa tomó dos demandas separadas contra el editor del periódico: una
Continue ReadingCNN, WPTZ By Amy Simonson, CNN A Shiloh Shepherd named Tinsley earned some extra treats Monday night after leading authorities to her owner, who was injured after a vehicle crash and in urgent need of help. Tinsley caught the attention of New Hampshire State Police when they responded to a call about a loose dog
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los premios Golden Globes, Globo de Oro, 2022 se llevarán a cabo, pero no estarán al alcance del público. La Asociación de Prensa Extranjera de Hollywood (HFPA) ofrecerá una ceremonia el domingo 9 de enero en el Hotel Beverly Hilton de Los Ángeles, el lugar tradicional para el evento, pero
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. women’s national soccer team will play Iceland, New Zealand and the Czech Republic in the SheBelieves Cup tournament next month. The seventh annual event will be played Feb. 17 to Feb. 23 at venues in Carson, California, and Frisco, Texas. The defending World Cup champion U.S. is preparing for the
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